Hello everyone, I'm Abu.
I suddenly realized that I have rarely recommended comedy films to everyone lately.
Many friends have already reacted in the background, asking Abudo to bring you some light-hearted and humorous movies.
Koko ~ not that Abu does not like to recommend comedy to everyone.
Mainly there is nothing worth pushing for you lately.
I saw on my computer yesterday a well-received movie that I had seen before.
Let's dedicate it to you today.
Red Medaka
Douban scored 9.0, better than 99% biopics and 98% better than drama films.
It still maintains a high score of 4.16 in Japanese Yahoo Pictures.
Produced by Tv Tbs and aired on December 28, 2015, the film is a single-episode special drama directed by Hideta Yuki Yuki, written by Hiroyuki Yatsutsu, and co-starring Takeshi Kitano and Kazuya Ninomiya.
Adapted from the autobiography of the same name by Tachikawa Tanchun, it tells the story of tachikawa Tanchun's growth experience of the rakugo artist Tachikawa Tanzhi, as well as the bits and pieces in the life of Tachikawa Tanshi and the emotional story between the master and apprentice.
To be honest, when I first watched this movie, I went to Takeshi Kitano.
After watching Kikujiro's Summer, I was attracted to the gentle bastard in the film.
Embarrassingly, this image of him seems to linger in Abu's mind.
Including in "Red Medaka", I can always see Kikujiro's shadow.
When the film begins, when Sasaki Nobuyuki (Kazuya Ninomiya) rings the doorbell at the door of Tachikawa Tanshi (Takeshi Kitano), and a hoarse and arrogant voice comes with the words "The door is unlocked, stupid", Abu knows that I will definitely like this movie.
Moreover, this time, Kitano Takeshi's character seems to be a character with a brutal appearance and a soft heart.
Sure enough, I guessed it.
Sasaki Nobuyuki is an ordinary high school student, and under the influence of the grandmaster of the Tachikawa school, Tachikawa Tanji, Sasaki Nobuyuki wants to become a good rakugo artist under Tachikawa Tanji.
Here, Abu needs to explain what rakugo is.
Rakugo is one of the traditional forms of japanese music. Whether it is the form or content of the performance, Rakugo is similar to traditional stand-up comedy in China.
Moreover, many of Rakugo's passages have deep roots with China, and some of them are directly taken from the "Laughing House" compiled by the Chinese writer Feng Menglong in the late Ming Dynasty.
Rakugo is an affirmation of people's good and evil behavior, and most of the protagonists in it are some vulnerable people who expose the shortcomings of human nature.
The content of rakugo performances is mostly short stories from parents in the daily life of ordinary people.
Someone once said that if you listen to rakugo a lot, you can understand the customs and customs of Japan almost completely.
In the film, Tachikawa Tanshi is the highly respected predecessor of the Rakugo class.
At the same time, he is also an outlier in the Rakugo class.
He voluntarily quit the Rakugo Association and became a faction of his own.
Other Rakugo artists have their own special small theaters, but Tachikawa Tanji disdains the frequent daily special sessions like them in order to make money.
After seeing a performance by Ritsukawa Tanji, Sasaki decided to worship him as a teacher to become a good rakugo artist.
When Sasaki Nobuyuki told Tachikawa about his ambitions, Tachikawa Simply accepted him as an apprentice.
As simple as Sasaki Nobuyuki seems to be a little disbelieving.
Moreover, the stage name given to him by Tachikawa Tanzhi seems to be very sloppy.
Tachikawa tanzhi asked him, "Is it Lichun today?" ”
Sasaki Nobuyuki said, "Yes." ”
Tachikawa Tanzhi said, "Then you will call Tachikawa Tanchun." ”
Sasaki Nobuyuki said: "You are the master, you decide."
Just when he was depressed about the sloppy name.
What he did not expect was that his stage name was jealous of several brothers and sisters.
It turns out... The stage names of several brothers are more sloppy.
The master brother called Tachikawa to talk, the second brother because he was a Kansai native, the stage name was directly called Tachikawa Kansai, and the third master brother was called Tachikawa Kansai because he was a baseball player before, and his leg was injured before he went to learn rakugo under Tachikawa Tanshi, so the master named him Tachikawa Tanjuku.
Tachikawa said: I told myself not to cry.
Tan Chun, after being officially accepted as a disciple by Tachikawa Tanji, thought that he could seriously follow his master to learn rakugo.
But what he didn't expect was that the master didn't let them do anything about learning rakugo, but let them clean his room, repair the water heater, and water the flowers and insects every day.
The only thing to do with learning Rakugo is to have them memorize Rakugo's passages continuously.
In this way, several people recited it day after day, and were scolded by Master day after day.
Tan Chun has always performed very well and has always been very favored by Master.
He thought that he was slowly getting better, and one day he could play a world by himself.
But what he didn't expect was a small misunderstanding with Master.
However, he was almost expelled from the division by the master, who punished him to work in the aquatic products market for a year, otherwise he would no longer recognize him as an apprentice.
Tan Chun is honed in the market by a variety of guests and a fierce hostess.
Tan Chun thought that this year Master had always ignored him.
It wasn't until a year later, when Tanchun was leaving the place to go back and continue learning Rakugo.
The lady owner of the aquatic product shop told him that his master had been telling him to always take care of Tan Chun.
Tan Chun knew that Master had put him here in order to train him in order to hone his eloquence.
In fact, in many things, Master has unlimited tolerance and love for several disciples.
When Tan Chun first wanted to come to learn art, Master said that he must ask his parents for permission.
After Tan Chun returned home and told his parents about this matter, he was strongly opposed by his parents.
Unable to convince his parents, Tan Chun came back to deceive Master that his parents were dead.
In fact, at that time, Master knew that he was lying to himself, but seeing that Tanchun was so eager to learn Rakugo, he did not expose him.
After Tan Chun learned his skills for a year, Master told him: Let's go home and have a good discussion with your parents.
Tan Chun knew that master knew everything he had done.
Abu felt that Tan Chun was really lucky to be able to find Tan Zhi as a master.
Because Master Tanzhi not only called them a few rakugo skills, but also paid a lot for cultivating their good character.
"Respectful in the face of the audience, never bow down in the face of others."
These are the qualities that his master has given him as a rakugo performer.
"I agree that you memorize a lot, but it's not art, it's just recitation, and if you want to be a rakugoist, then you have to have your own ideas, you can't pick up people's teeth." 」
This is what Master told him to do if he wants to be a good Rakugo.
The brothers practiced under Tanzhi for four or five years, during which time they not only learned the art of rakugo but also learned a lot of principles of being a human being.
In the end, Tan Zhi let several people out of the school at one time, which seemed a bit sloppy, but he knew in his heart that several people, regardless of skill or character, could already gain a foothold in society.
Which stone in his heart had finally fallen.
Seriously, I'm really anxious to recommend this movie to you.
Because in this movie, not only are there a series of laughs, but also many incisive life principles are also conveyed in The Words of Master Tanzhi or Strict or Gentle.
In fact, after watching this film, Abu still has a lot of ideas about the film.
I have to admit that Japanese directors can always discover a lot of material in life to make movies.
And they are always keen to photograph outstanding talents in various fields and carry forward their culture and skills.
However, our directors rarely notice these things.
If one day a director is willing to make a film about Ma Sanli, Hou Baolin or other talents, Abu will definitely remember the name of that director deeply.
And do your best to promote him.
Of course, the premise is that he must shoot with a serious attitude.
This article was first published in Belly Black Movie (public number: fhmovie)